Patagonia vs Tubac

A side-by-side comparison of Patagonia and Tubac: population, income, housing, and more.

Patagonia and Tubac are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tubac has the higher population (1,247 vs 882 in Patagonia). Tubac has the higher median household income ($82,273 vs $29,844 in Patagonia). Tubac has the higher median home value ($481,800 vs $332,700 in Patagonia).

Population, income & housing

	Patagonia	Tubac
Population	882	1,247
Median age	55.0 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$29,844	$82,273
Median home value	$332,700	$481,800
Median gross rent	$827	—
Housing units	704	1,097
Homeownership rate	46.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Patagonia	Tubac
Population	772 → 882 (+14.2%)	1,375 → 1,247 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$33,482 → $29,844 (-10.9%)	$66,349 → $82,273 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $332,700 (+98.2%)	$335,700 → $481,800 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $827 (+17.1%)	$1,904 → $1,750 (-8.1%)

Patagonia

Population

772882

Median household income

$33,482$29,844

Median home value

$167,900$332,700

Median gross rent

$706$827

Tubac

Population

1,3751,247

Median household income

$66,349$82,273

Median home value

$335,700$481,800

Median gross rent

$1,904$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Patagonia	Tubac
Under 5	3.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	3.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	5.8%	3.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	4.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	26.2%	32.7%
75 and over	13.2%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Patagonia	Tubac
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	75.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.7%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Patagonia	Tubac
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	22.6%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Patagonia	Tubac
Drove alone	68.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	19.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Patagonia	Tubac
1-unit, detached	54.3%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Patagonia	Tubac
Poverty rate	11.7%	6.4%
Average household size	1.86	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1968	1998